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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Regressive morality

"At yesterday’s Values Voter Summit – the annual gathering of social
conservatives that’s a critical step for Republican presidential
hopefuls – Texas Senator Ted Cruz told the redemptive story of his
alcoholic parents to show the role faith has played in his life, and
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul told the crowd how liberty, virtue, and God
were intertwined.

"When Republicans talk about morality, they talk about God and redemption. But they don't mention the immorality of one in
five of American children being impoverished, of cuts in food stamps
that are causing many to go hungry, and of reduced education funding
that’s condemning them to lousy schools. They don't talk about the
immorality of declining worker incomes when corporations are making
record profits and CEOs are taking home record pay. They leave out the
immorality of billionaires flooding our democracy with money to elect
candidates that will make them even richer. We are in a moral crisis but
it has nothing to do with private redemption. It is a crisis of public
morality, and the redemption of America."